Directed by
Yimou Zhang |
Writing Credits
Yimou Zhang | ... | (story) and |
Jingzhi Zou | ... | (story) and |
Bin Wang | ... | (story) |
Jingzhi Zou | ... | (screenplay) |
Cast (in credits order)
Ken Takakura | ... | Gôichi Takata | |
Shinobu Terajima | ... | Rie Takata | |
Kiichi Nakai | ... | Kenichi Takata (voice) | |
Ken Nakamoto | ... | Electrician | |
Jiamin Li | ... | Li Jiamin | |
Jiang Wen | ... | Jasmine | |
Lin Qiu | ... | Lingo | |
Li Bin Li | ... | Director Li (as Bin Li) | |
Ziliang Chen | ... | Warden Chen | |
Zezhou He | ... | Village Chief | |
Zhenbo Yang | ... | Yang Yang |
Produced by
William Kong | ... | producer (as Bill Kong) |
Jian Xiu | ... | producer |
Weiping Zhang | ... | producer |
Yimou Zhang | ... | producer |
Zhenyan Zhang | ... | associate producer |
Music by
Wenjing Guo |
Cinematography by
Xiaoding Zhao | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Long Cheng |
Production Design by
Li Sun |
Makeup Department
Mitsue Sato | ... | makeup artist: Japan |
Fumi Takeshita | ... | hair stylist: Ms. Terajima, Japan / makeup artist: Ms. Terajima, Japan |
Xiaoxi Yu | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Production Management
George Awburn | ... | supervising editor: Digital Pictures |
Tianhui Ge | ... | production manager |
Xinming Huang | ... | assistant unit manager |
Takahiro Kawada | ... | production manager: Japan |
Atsuo Kikuchi | ... | unit manager: Japan |
William Kong | ... | production manager |
Jane Maguire | ... | post-production supervisor |
Akira Morishige | ... | unit manager: Japan |
Lun Pu | ... | production manager |
Kerri Schwarze | ... | post-production supervisor: Complete Post |
Ken'ichi Yamada | ... | unit manager: Japan (as Kenichi Yamada) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lulu Fu | ... | assistant director |
Yasuo Furuhata | ... | director: Japan |
Toshimasa Miyamura | ... | assistant director: Japan |
Ellen Wei | ... | assistant director |
Xiguo Wu | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Zhongshan Guo | ... | assistant art director |
Zhongquan Hu | ... | set dresser |
Yasuo Kashima | ... | assistant set dresser: Japan |
Chieko Kashiyama | ... | assistant art director: Japan |
Minglai Li | ... | assistant set dresser |
Yuping Liu | ... | props assistant |
Ke Mu | ... | property master |
Yukiharu Seshimo | ... | assistant art director: Japan |
Taichi Utsunomiya | ... | props assistant: Japan |
Takaichi Wakamatsu | ... | production design: Japan |
Geming Wang | ... | assistant set dresser |
Wenyi Wang | ... | props assistant |
Takeshi Yanagisawa | ... | props assistant: Japan |
Min Yang | ... | props assistant |
Shuping Yao | ... | set dresser |
Quanrong Yu | ... | assistant set dresser |
Chaochen Zhang | ... | assistant set dresser |
Lisen Zhang | ... | assistant set dresser |
Sound Department
Sona Balam | ... | re-recording mixer |
Huijun Cao | ... | location sound assistant (as Huijin Cao) |
Wei He | ... | sound effects editor |
Qianqian Ke | ... | foley artist: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
Takashi Kuno | ... | sound assistant: Japan |
Jing Li | ... | sound post-production coordinator: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
Xu Liu | ... | location sound assistant |
Huijia Mo | ... | sound effects editor / sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. (as Jiajia Mok) |
Andy Neil | ... | sound effects editor: Soundfirm Australia (as Andrew Neil) |
Zeliang Niu | ... | location sound assistant |
Paul Pirola | ... | sound effects editor: Soundfirm Australia / sound mixer: Soundfirm Australia |
Teiichi Saitô | ... | sound designer: Japan |
Roger Savage | ... | sound supervisor: Soundfirm Australia |
Ye Shu | ... | sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
Blair Slater | ... | foley artist: Soundfirm Australia |
Jing Tao | ... | sound designer / supervising sound editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
Hoa Tu | ... | foley artist: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
Terry Tu | ... | foley artist |
Mario Vaccaro | ... | foley artist: Soundfirm Australia |
Rainbow Wang | ... | supervising sound editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. (as Yuhong Wang) |
Zhida Wei | ... | sound post-production coordinator: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
Jing Xiao | ... | second sound assistant / sound effects editor: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
Fan Xie | ... | sound technician: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
Masahito Yano | ... | sound assistant: Japan |
Hui Zhang | ... | sound technician: Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd. |
Zhigang Zhang | ... | first sound assistant |
Visual Effects by
Clayton Bell | ... | digital data management: Digital Pictures |
Terence Cheng | ... | 3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited |
Bessie Cheuk | ... | visual effects controller: Asia Legend Limited |
Manny Espino | ... | digital technical director: Digital Pictures |
Fiona Fry | ... | digital intermediate producer: Digital Pictures |
Ron Korpi | ... | digital data systems: Digital Pictures |
Ringo Lee | ... | 3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited |
Eric Leung | ... | 3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited |
Kwok-Shing Lo | ... | visual effects producer: Asia Legend Limited (as Leo Lo) |
Florian Martin | ... | consulting digital technical director: Digital Pictures (as Florian 'Utsi' Martin) |
Ross Mitchell | ... | optical effects: Cinevex Film Laboratories |
Peter Peric | ... | digital technical assessment: Digital Pictures |
Graeme Pitt | ... | digital data supervisor: Digital Pictures |
Tony Poriazis | ... | film recording supervisor: Digital Pictures |
Sarah Robertson | ... | image repair and negative dirt removal: Digital Pictures |
Henny Van Teyfingen | ... | digital technical support: Digital Pictures |
Lisa Ying | ... | 3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited |
Donald Yip | ... | 3D animator/compositor: Asia Legend Limited |
Camera and Electrical Department
Ran An | ... | digital video assist operator |
Hajime Baba | ... | assistant camera: Japan |
Xiaoyan Bai | ... | still photographer |
Jinxiang Cao | ... | electrician |
Junfei Cao | ... | electrician |
Yuan Chen | ... | generator operator |
Hikaru Chikamatsu | ... | electrician: Japan |
Liang Cui | ... | camera assistant |
Hiroyuki Futami | ... | coordinator: lighting equipment, Japan |
Shiyi Gao | ... | assistant electrician: Japan |
Wei Jia | ... | grip |
Tsuyoshi Kage | ... | electrician: Japan |
Hongying Kang | ... | electrician |
Keiji Katô | ... | electrician: Japan (as Keiji Kato) |
Takayuki Kawabe | ... | electrician: Japan |
Daisaku Kimura | ... | director of photography: Japan |
Takumi Kobayashi | ... | electrician: Japan |
Yuan Liang | ... | grip |
Shigeru Ohki | ... | still photographer: Japan |
Kaoru Saitô | ... | gaffer: Japan |
Muneyoshi Sajaue | ... | assistant camera: Japan (as Muneyoshi Sakaue) |
Xueyuan Shi | ... | generator operator |
Dehua Song | ... | assistant camera |
Mingliang Sun | ... | electrician |
Tsutomu Takada | ... | assistant camera: Japan |
Yu Wang | ... | electrician |
Ze Xie | ... | assistant camera |
Ou Xu | ... | lighting designer |
Kosuke Yamada | ... | assistant camera: Japan |
Qianbin Yang | ... | video assist operator |
Cunhua Zhang | ... | electrician |
Cunyou Zhang | ... | electrician |
Nan Zhang | ... | camera assistant |
Chuncheng Zhao | ... | camera assistant |
Xianwen Zhao | ... | camera assistant |
Xianzhang Zhao | ... | electrician |
Casting Department
Hoei Project | ... | extras casting: Japan (as Project Hoei) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jin-Hua Gu | ... | costumer (as Jinhua Gu) |
Tomoko Suzuki | ... | stylist: Ms. Terajima, Japan |
Kyoko Takahashi | ... | costumer: Japan |
Jianghong Zhou | ... | assistant costumer |
Editorial Department
Lesley Aitkin | ... | script services: post-production |
Ian Anderson | ... | laboratory post-production manager: Cineves Film Laboratories |
Billy Browne | ... | editing assistant: Australia |
Paul Cross | ... | negative matching supervisor: Cinevex Film Laboratories |
Kerry Dibbs | ... | post-production assistant |
Franco Diciero | ... | negative matcher: Cinevex Film Laboratories |
John Fleming | ... | digital intermediate project manager: Digital Pictures |
Ling Geng | ... | post-production coordinator |
Pinghu Gu | ... | dv editor / on-set editor |
Al Hansen | ... | digital colorist |
Adrian Hauser | ... | senior colorist: Complete Post |
Akimasa Kawashima | ... | editor: Japan |
Rachel Knowles | ... | digital intermediate coordinator: Digital Pictures |
Eugene Leonello | ... | negative matcher: Cinevex Film Laboratories |
Stanley Lopuszanski | ... | colorist: Digital Pictures |
Leigh Segal | ... | post-production facilities manager: Complete Post |
Chieko Suzaki | ... | assistant editor: Japan |
Caroline Whiteley | ... | color grader |
Ligen Zhao | ... | assistant editor |
Location Management
Gang Xu | ... | location production assistant |
Xiangchun Zeng | ... | location production assistant |
Renqiao Zuo | ... | location production assistant |
Music Department
Wei Chen | ... | musician: percussion |
Ross Cockle | ... | music remix engineer: Soundfirm Australia / score remix engineer: opening and closing titles |
Ya Dai | ... | musician: flute |
Sida Guo | ... | musician: midi |
Xiaopei Li | ... | music recordist |
Fei Song | ... | musician: zhong hu |
Sha Yuan | ... | musician: string |
Quansheng Zhang | ... | musician: ma tou qin |
Jiazhen Zhao | ... | musician: gu qin |
Script and Continuity Department
Dan Lu | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Masanobu Amemiya | ... | transportation: production, Japan |
Koji Sekiguchi | ... | transportation chief: Japan |
Mitsunobu Tono | ... | transportation: cast, Japan |
Additional Crew
Tom Alper | ... | insurance: Speare and Company |
Jia Cui | ... | assistant to director |
Zhao Danian | ... | second production assistant |
Yexin Fan | ... | catering assistant |
Howard Frumes | ... | legal services: Alexander, Nau, Lawrence & Frumes |
Ke Gao | ... | production assistant |
Pamela Hammond | ... | client liaison: Digital Pictures |
Katsuko Hatayama | ... | production assistant: Japan |
Zhihua Hou | ... | assistant to director |
Wenrui Jia | ... | caterer |
Xiaowei Kang | ... | accountant |
Tomoko Katahara | ... | production assistant: Japan |
Emi Kawano | ... | script supervisor: Japan (as Emi Kawano) |
Shirô Kido | ... | talent manager: Japan |
Takahiro Komura | ... | assistant to director: Japan |
Yanlong Li | ... | catering assistant |
Yinghui Li | ... | assistant to director |
Mingna Liu | ... | accountant |
Chris Lu | ... | subtitles: English |
Shasha Luo | ... | documentary filmmaker |
Atsushi Naito | ... | legal services: Aoyama Law Offices |
Youko Nakagawa | ... | translator: Japanese script |
Kaoru Nakamura | ... | production coordinator: Japan |
Guanghe Ni | ... | second production assistant |
Liwei Pang | ... | assistant to director |
Li'an Qin | ... | interpreter |
Toshifumi Shimizu | ... | assistant to director: Japan |
Shuo Tian | ... | production interpreter |
Zhaojun Tian | ... | accountant |
Bin Wang | ... | story consultant |
Jianguo Wang | ... | second production assistant |
Xiaoshun Xu | ... | production assistant |
Cloudy Yang | ... | translator: English script |
Alice Yeung | ... | production coordinator |
Yefei Yin | ... | interpreter |
Jihu Zhang | ... | catering assistant |
Jingsheng Zhang | ... | chief interpreter / subtitles: Japanese |
Xuemei Zhang | ... | accountant |
Shufen Zhao | ... | accountant |
Ping Zhou | ... | physical therapist |
Jiajun Zhu | ... | second production assistant |